{"product_id":"milanese-encounters-public-space-and-vision-in-contemporary-urban-italy-9781442626997","title":"Milanese Encounters: Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a city driven by fashion and design, visibility and invisibility are powerful forces.\u003cem\u003e Milanese Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e examines how the acts of looking, recognizing, and being seen reflect social relations and power structures in contemporary Milan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCristina Moretti's ethnographic study reveals how the meanings of Milan's public spaces shift as the city's various inhabitants use, appropriate, and travel through them. Moretti's extensive fieldwork covers international migrants, social justice organizations, and middle-class citizens groups in locations such as community centers, abandoned industrial areas, and central plazas and streets. Situated at the intersection of urban and visual anthropology, her work will challenge and inspire scholars in anthropology, urban studies, and other fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributing to studies of urban Italy, neoliberalism, and immigration, \u003cem\u003eMilanese Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e is a welcome demonstration of ethnography's potential to analyse the connections and divisions created by complex modern cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristina Moretti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442626997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoretti, Cristina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCristina Moretti\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44923843674227,"sku":"9781442626997","price":82.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_21c3d50d-fe14-4082-88fb-e1367219ef31.jpg?v=1778002009","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/milanese-encounters-public-space-and-vision-in-contemporary-urban-italy-9781442626997","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}